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Make-A-Wish, community members build barn for girl with cystic fibrosis

The Roseburg News-Review 21 Jul 2019

Alene said she was so excited, she wanted to sleep in the barn that night ... It’s something that probably wouldn’t have been able to happen, and so for her to have all this — it’s the biggest thing in the world,” she said. The Lowe's Heroes program grants every Lowe's store funding to facilitate a community service project in the community ... .......

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China Trade Is Balanced — but the World Still Isn’t, IMF Says

Caixin Online 18 Jul 2019

China, which a decade ago was running the world’s biggest current-account surplus, is now close to balanced trade that’s “in line with the fundamentals,” the IMF said in its annual study of how economies interact with each other ... That contest between the world’s two biggest economies is in a lull for now as talks resume....

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Argentina takes action to freeze Hezbollah assets

The National 18 Jul 2019

... and Paraguay, where an illicit economy funds its operations elsewhere ... He is accused of moving millions of dollars around the world on behalf of drug traffickers and channelling funds to Hezbollah through one of the biggest currency exchange businesses in the Tri-Border Area....

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British private equity firm Actis boost African presence with Abraaj funds purchase

Business Day Online 17 Jul 2019

Abraaj, which founded in 2002 and managed almost $14 billion, was the Middle East’s biggest private equity fund and one of the world’s most influential emerging-market investors with stakes in health care, clean energy, lending and real estate across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Turkey....

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DRC Ebola epidemic is international emergency, says WHO

The Observer 17 Jul 2019

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization has declared, calling for more funds and support to close it down ... Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, appealed on Wednesday for the international community to help with funds....

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OPINION: Investing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Part 1

Independent online (SA) 16 Jul 2019

Few people outside China know that the world’s biggest ... In March, the Wall Street Journal reported that Ant’s money-market fund was the biggest in the world, with more than 588million users of its payment network Alipay (more than a third of China’s population) contributing to it....

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Laying the markers for a new Imo

Business Day Online 16 Jul 2019

Prior to the DMO job, he had a stint as Senior Advisor in the World Bank ... Notwithstanding the shenanigans of past officials of government, the new government of Governor Ihedioha promptly paid up the counterpart fund of N500m required to kick in this N9.8bn project, World Bank’s biggest in Nigeria....

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Sun sent to over 3,100

The Columbus Telegram 16 Jul 2019

Imagine a community without fair government, without good schools, without business who treat their customers and employees fairly. That would be a community without a local newspaper ... The two biggest challenges include the number of distractions many adults face in this connected world, and how local newspapers are funded ... We know you are busy ... ....

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Abu Dhabi's Adia continues to deliver despite weaker global economy

The National 15 Jul 2019

Adia, one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the world, said its 30-year annualised rate of return at the end of 2018 reached 6.5 per cent, while its 20-year annualised rate of return came in at 5.4 per cent last year ... Trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies ......

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Abu Dhabi sovereign fund to boost active investments in fixed-income

Arab News 15 Jul 2019

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the world’s third-biggest sovereign wealth fund, plans to increase active investments in fixed-income in the coming years, reducing its reliance on passive investments ... Abu Dhabi Saudi Arabia to stage largest pavilion at 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi ties help OMV pivot to Middle East .......

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Marcos Breton: This California leader has a history of harassing women. It doesn't seem to matter

Finger Lakes Times 15 Jul 2019

In many respects, Sacramento is one of the epicenters of the #MeToo movement ... That is, CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the U.S. and one of the biggest in the world ... Jelincic Jr ... And now he's running again for a powerful board of a huge pension fund that puts out reams of propaganda touting the importance of equity and diversity in the workplace ... ....

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Botswana: Botswana's Water Crisis Self Inflicted

All Africa 11 Jul 2019

Botswana's biggest water project Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project ((WSRP) which has been funded by the World Bank by a $145.5 million loan and meant to address water crisis by 2021 is turning into just a dream .......

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US clears SoftBank’s $2.25bn investment in GM-backed Cruise

Arab News 07 Jul 2019

FAST FACT SoftBank’s Vision Fund is the world’s largest technology fund CFIUS halted a plan last year by Ant Financial, owned by the chairman of China’s Internet conglomerate Alibaba, to acquire MoneyGram International Inc ... Its Vision Fund, the world’s largest technology fund, ......